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CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report CSIS and RIAC Meeting Report The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened the latest in a series of expert meetings on U.S.-Russia relations in October 2017 in Moscow . The mood was grim: participants were unanimous that the current state of bilateral relations is dire ...
... it all the time, which is counterproductive) should start a dialogue on how to strengthen international strategic stability. Russia, the United States and probably China could co-chair this process. The purpose is to prevent global war and the use of ... ... concerned acting within the framework of existing treaties or agreeing to amend them (which may happen to the obviously outdated INF Treaty) should have a right to modernize their nuclear arsenals or even change their configuration. But in doing so they should ...
... interests. I hope that the forthcoming meeting of the two Presidents will allow us to turn the page and to start a new chapter in US-Russian relations, the negative inertia on both sides notwithstanding. In terms of substance, I would single out three urgent ... ... the strategic arms control regime, namely – to extend the New START Agreement and to secure the continuous implementation INF Treaty. Second, to work together on dangerous regional problems – such as Afghanistan, North Korea or Libya and, hopefully,...
... the West, with the U.S.A. deploying its own missiles, the “Pershing II” and “Tomahawk”, in Europe. Years of fruitless talks led to a diplomatic impasse that was finally de-blocked during M. Gorbachev’s era, resulting in the signing of the INF Treaty, which Russia is alledgedly currently violating. Accusations Paul Selva’s statement was not the first attempt to accuse Russia of breaking its commitments regarding the INF Treaty. The U.S.A. started blaming the Russian Federation for testing a new missile ...
... New York Times ), when a group of Republicans submitted both to the House and the Senate the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Preservation Act intended to force Russia to comply with the treaty: — to state that the U.S. is suspending the INF Treaty until Russia complies with it again; — to start R&D on an American LBMMS with an intermediate-range cruise missile that can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads (apparently, some kind of Gryphon 2.0 with Tomahawks) and to start testing within a year....
... relationship, the topic of nuclear missiles lies in a quite different plane . By linking the two issues we will only undermine the INF Treaty, capsizing strategic stability in the process. It is already dead on its feet. Will the security of the United States, Russia and Europe improve as a result? Does Ukraine stand to benefit? No. Neither can we hope to conclude a new INF Treaty in the foreseeable future. Nuclear missiles are just one of the many areas in which our mutually beneficial cooperation is either coagulated or frozen. Does that make the world more stable? Will it halt the slide into anarchy and chaos? Again,...
| U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements |
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| U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity |
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| U.S. wants to dissolve Russia |
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| U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China |
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